'Akira' Director Katsuhiro Otomo and Hatsune Miku's 'Father' Hirayuki Itou to be Awarded Medals of Honor
| Congratulations. |
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| Is this the equivalent of a knighthood? |
| its the equivalent of nothing like that probs both seem pretty legit cause they're popular |
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| The movie is well-received in the west as well, glad it's well-received in Japan too. |
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| I can understand the Akira director as Akira's a very influential anime, but what did Vocaloid do besides create a bunch of crappy songs to deserve an award handed out by the Japanese government? |
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User-namae said: Created a boom of people using vocaloid software. And became a worlwide recognizable mascot who probably does commercials and PSAs and stuff like that as they said "immense achievements in the areas of public welfare and public service". I believe she's even pained on some trains and China has ripped off her image(that's how you know she's famous).I can understand the Akira director as Akira's a very influential anime, but what did Vocaloid do besides create a bunch of crappy songs to deserve an award handed out by the Japanese government? I think Oda should get this next or go ahead and make him a living national treasure. |
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AnotherPeanut said: It's important to note that Vocaloid wasn't created by Crypton Future Media...however, I'm sure Hatsune Miku greatly helped the popularity of Vocaloid and spurred a lot of creativity in the field of music. I know some people don't like Vocaloid or Hatsune Miku, but I think it would be hard to deny the positives that came from them.Wow nice, congrats to both of them User-namae said: I can understand the Akira director as Akira's a very influential anime, but what did Vocaloid do besides create a bunch of crappy songs to deserve an award handed out by the Japanese government? Vocaloid has done a lot for the music and art, not only in Japan, but in all the world, you sir may have a beautiful voice with a range of 6 octaves, but us who cannot sing, (not to mention that we can't even sing like a woman) can adopt Vocaloid as our "voice". Well, That is one of the reasons, getting to the point, you say that the songs are crappy, but the songs are not only the vocaloid singing.... |
| whoa! Congratulations~ |
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| congrats to them |
| I offer congratulations to both of them. But damn, there are a lot of Miku haters here. I've been to one of her live concerts, and I can't help but feel it was one of the most inspirational things I've ever experienced. I actually think Vocaloids can sing very well, and the fact that you can hear the emotion in their voices is pretty neat, especially when you consider the fact that they are just software. |
 Thanks, person who gave me this on another site a long time ago, lol. |
| found a lot of interesting songs from vocaloid, so congrats on the miku guy. and also the other dude |
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| I always found Akira to be vastly overrated, but it's nice to see Hiroyuki Itou getting an award. Congratulations to both of them. |
| With vocaloid, song producers were able to produce magnificent pieces in way they couldn't before for the Japanese world of art. Miku is just one of these programs. It's weird how haters some people don't seem to understand the influence of vocaloid. |
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IntroverTurtle said: I think Oda should get this next or go ahead and make him a living national treasure. This |
| They only mention Miku, but Vocaloid itself is a marvelous instrument that has influenced the music industry in a wonderful way. |
| Miku was the beginning of vocaloid as a whole, that 'father' completely deserves that award. Especially for the contributions for the music industry. Vocaloid remains strong! :3 |
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| Haven't watched Akira due to the awfully detailed, gory content, but it probably deserves the prize as it did awake recognizion of anime to some of the older inhabitants here in the west. Miku deserves it 100% though. |
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| This is a good news, I think both award are well deserved. |
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| I very happy Katsuhiro Otomo gets this award. Akira is a timeless classic, the movie and especially the manga. |
Xinception said: They get it for surviving the onslaught of haters.Gratz to them,but I think that the title of the award is kinda... misleading. Usually, when I hear Medal of Honor, I'd reckon that it is given to those who give their life in combat... like sacrifice their life in combat. If I go by that logic, these dudes would be dead? Hirayuki Itou > Katsuhiro Otomo |
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| Well deserved! Congrats to both of em! IntroverTurtle said: I think Oda should get this next or go ahead and make him a living national treasure. |
| So many Vocaloid haters here lol I suspect many of the people here who claim to dislike Vocaloid songs have only heard the stereotypical "annoying" sounding ones. Vocaloid isn't a genre, it's a medium in which to create music. Ironically, that's the exact same misconception people tend to have about anime. Anyways, both awards are well-deserved, so congrats to the recipients. |
| congratulations. you two really deserve it |
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Mogami-kun said: You may find Akira vastly overrated, but nobody can deny the vast influence it had, both domestically and overseas, and this is what can't be overrated.I always found Akira to be vastly overrated, but it's nice to see Hiroyuki Itou getting an award. Congratulations to both of them. Anyway, the count of "ribbons" awarded this year: Red Ribbon: 2 (saving life) Green Ribbon: 30 (volunteerism) Yellow Ribbon: 262 (dedication to cause) Purple Ribbon: 16 (contribution from the fields of arts, culture, sports or academic studies) Blue Ribbon: 485 (achievements in work of public interest) |
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| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| Grats to both of them, but I think Katsuhiro definitely deserved it more, considering how long hes been making manga and anime. I highly suggest checking out the Akira manga, it's much more well-rounded and gives the characters move development as well as his other manga (I just started Legend of Mother Sarah recently, great stuff). |
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| Gratz, Miku no otou-samaaaaaaaaaa!! :) |
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| Congratulations to both! I certainly don't hate their achievements. |
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| Congrats |
| Glad to see Hiroyuki Itou getting award. |
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MagicFlier said: Miku was most definitely not the first.Miku was the beginning of vocaloid as a whole, that 'father' completely deserves that award. Especially for the contributions for the music industry. Vocaloid remains strong! :3 |
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DraconisMarch said: He said beginning not first. I believe he's saying that she's the one who got vocaloids so popular not that she was the first.MagicFlier said: Miku was most definitely not the first.Miku was the beginning of vocaloid as a whole, that 'father' completely deserves that award. Especially for the contributions for the music industry. Vocaloid remains strong! :3 |
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Adair said: So many Vocaloid haters here lol I suspect many of the people here who claim to dislike Vocaloid songs have only heard the stereotypical "annoying" sounding ones. Vocaloid isn't a genre, it's a medium in which to create music. Ironically, that's the exact same misconception people tend to have about anime. Anyways, both awards are well-deserved, so congrats to the recipients. This one is pretty trippy. A fat blunt and this go more perfect then bread and butter. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CN2qKr7HWg |
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